23-08-2011, 01:31 AM
I like Kinison too. Yeh, one can move to where there is democracy if you want to leave families behind. As far as San Diego goes, yes it is a beautiful place, but as a native of SD said to me once, none of this beauty would be here without irrigation. As you describe Greg, less than 9" of rain per yr. basically means a desert. I prefer 35-40" per yr. You need 35" for a forest. I have 1000 lakes within 50 mi. of my house in Mpls.& 15,000 within 300 mi. & hundreds of thousands just over the Canadian border. There are 7mths., April thru Oct., of very pleasant weather & 5 mths. of hard water. I know people that move here from NYC because of the weather. They say it is a dry cold compared to the cold wet sea level temps. in NYC winters. That's why there are 3 mill. people in the Mpls./Bloomington/St.Paul metro. It is, relatively speaking, the 2nd largest (Kansas City 1st) metro (2500) sq. mi. wise. This is because there are no mountains or oceans to stop sprawl. So most houses are on large lots in comparison to most cities and therefore it spreads the city out. Real estate is huge here as a result. You need to get into ice fishing Greg.